IG Vs. SquaredFinancial - Compare and Choose the Right One

IG is a global broker established in 1974 that holds 10 reputable financial licenses and provides CFD trading on stocks, commodities, ETFs, indices, cryptocurrencies, bonds, futures, options along with real stocks through their share dealing account.

SquaredFinancial is a global brokerage firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Cyprus that specialises in providing real stocks along with CFDs on all major asset classes paired with MT4 & MT5 platforms.

• Professional traders looking to exploit their customisable platform and broad asset offering
• High volume traders that can offset their commission costs by trading in larger volumes

• Professional high volume traders looking to exploit their competitive commissions in shares
• High volume FX traders looking to open a SquaredElite account with spreads from 0 Pips

• Broad platform offering with high customisability and integrated news feeds
• Comprehensive asset offering with more than 10,000 + CFDs or real stocks and ETFs

• Extensive asset offering (more than 10,000+ products)
• Real stocks are offered along with CFDs
• Very competitive share trading commissions when compared to similar brokers

• There are too many small costs such as custody, in-and-out-commissions in some cases, management fees, etc
• Their standard contracts can be too large some times for low volume traders

• Platform offering is limited to only MT4 and MT5
• There is no weekend trading enabled for cryptocurrencies
• High minimum deposit for SquaredElite account (5,000 €)

• Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
• Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

• Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
• Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

0 for Bank Transfers, 300 € for Paypal and Debit / Credit cards.

250 € (SquaredPro Account), 5,000 € SquaredElite Account

10,000+ CFDs / Offering from 8 exchanges worldwide for real stocks

Several contracts in commodities and indices with various expiration dates.

IG provides both CFD trading and real equity. US traders cannot trade CFDs.

SquaredFinancial provides real stocks along with CFDs on the most common asset classes.

0.01 Contracts (IG Provides a standard contract containing a particular quantity of an asset, for example, ADA’s contract has 100 ADA coins)

1 Contract (IG Provides a standard contract containing a particular quantity of an asset, for example, 1 EUR / USD standard contract has 10,000 units)

After 24 months of inactivity, IG charges an $18 monthly fee.

Yes, they charge depending on the client’s account base currency and exchange location of the shares being traded. For example, for some clients US shares can have a minimum charge of $10 in-and-out.

Yes, depending on account type or assets. For account types:

• SquaredPro account has no default commissions
• SquaredElite account has a commission of $5 per lot

For particular assets there are commissions on all accounts, specifically in shares as follows:

• USA shares have a $0.06 per share commission (with a minimum of $2)
• European shares have a 0.15% commission of the transaction value (with a minimum of 5 €)